Team Internships

Building on its successes over the past ten years in implementing
the MIT-China Educational
Technology (CETI) teaching model, the MIT-China Program is now
training teams of students to introduce and help implement MIT educational
technologies at Chinese universities and secondary schools through
partnerships with MIT-OpenCourseWare
and MIT-iCampus . The MIT
student participants bring considerable expertise to these projects:
they are either advanced undergraduate or graduate students; they
have either taken or taught the courses under discussion; and they
have taken preparatory language and cultural courses at MIT.

Individual Internships

We offer three month (summer) and six month to one year internships
in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan at a number of host
institutions. The internship candidate's qualifications are
closely matched to the host organization's work requirements.

Requirements

Participating students are expected to fulfill the following requirements:

1. Two years (minimum) of university-level Chinese language training
or equivalent

Host Organization Guidelines

The following are guidelines for host institutions which have proven successful for other MIT international programs. We trust that these guidelines will ensure a mutually productive and beneficial internship for the MIT student as well as the host institution.

Responsibilities of Host Institution

For successful and mutually-beneficial exchanges, orientation to living and working in China should continue after interns arrive in China. We hope that host institutions will provide interns with an on-going introduction to life in China. We have found it helpful for host institutions to assign a particular individual as a "cultural mentor" to help supervise the intern's stay in China. Preferably, this individual would not be a co-worker in the same department as the student, but someone with whom the student can enjoy activities unrelated to work.

Work / Research Environment

Our students go to China with the expectation that they will do
"real" science, engineering, and management-related work.
As interns, they expect to become as fully integrated into the management
team or research group as possible during a limited stay in China.
Host institutions and our interns therefore need to establish clear
and realistic goals prior to the start of the internships.

Housing

We would be most grateful if host institutions would assist in the location of suitable living arrangements for the interns.

Salary and Compensation

We ask for companies to pay a monthly stipend to the student and
provide a round-trip air ticket. Stipend amounts vary according
to the highest degree held by the student, their work experience,
and the local cost of living. If the intern goes to a university
laboratory or public institution, the MIT China Program can assume
some of these expenses.